Wednesday, 31 August 2016

The
Guild of Professional Bloggers of Nigeria has given September 1st 2016
as the deadline for all bloggers in Nigeria to stop the practise of
plagiarism .This is contained in a statement
pushed out by the union after its general meeting held in Lagos.The
meeting presided over by its Acting National President, Mr. Chris
Kehinde Nwandu advocates that bloggers should be seen to live above
board in their practices.

To ensure full
compliance with this directive,the union raised an 8 man ethics
committee to among other things,monitor the ethical behaviour among its
members and to recommend adequate sanctions where necessary.

All
members are expected by this directive,to adhere to the conventional
practise of acknowledging and crediting sources of their materials . The
union also enjoined other mass medium across the globe to adequately
credit all sources of news materials lifted from pages of its members
as well. According to it, the association is now out to bring some
level of credibility and sanity to the practise of blogging in Nigeria
and to give its practitioners their rightful place in the scheme of
things . It has
also mapped out refresher programmes and continuous training to
adequately equip its members with effective tools to discharge its
duties as managers of information in a digital age.

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